[Health education of adolescents against tobacco, alcohol and drug consumption. The Rapperswil Study (author's transl)].
In an 8-year longitudinal study, 368 pupils of the Jona-Rapperswil Vocational School aged between 15 and 17 years were subjected to a combined medical-educational half-yearly health education action against luxury articles and habit-forming substances in groups comprising the classes of each individual year. Before group session 34% were smokers, after the intensive instruction 23%. Before the session 62% drank, afterwards 34% took alcoholic drinks occasionally. No pupil had tried drugs during the six months instruction; the number of drug-takers remained constant at 3%. However, the desire to try a drug out of curiosity rose from 22% to 27%.
D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013557:Switzerland
Gesundheitserziehung Jugendlicher gegen Tabak-, Alkohol- und Drogenkonsum. Wirksamkeit mittelfristiger Interventionen--Rapperswiler Studie.